Category Archives: Connection

Breathing in Stillness and Honoring Life Hospice volunteering is a natural extension to the work Julie Engstrom has dedicated herself to most of her life, advocating for patients and facilitating communication between caregivers in a hospital setting. She described facilitating … Continue reading →

Understanding Loss and Exploring the “Good Death” When I speak with hospice volunteers, I strive to fully understand what it means to be human, exploring end of life experiences, often revealed through patients’ unveiled windows within. These discoveries are beautiful, … Continue reading →

Our Hospice Spotlight Volunteer Reflections are shared monthly. Reflections are stories of connection and meaning, presented in the volunteer’s own words. Here is Marilyn McEntyre’s Reflection. Dementia and Finding Ways of Connecting My experience with people who have been in … Continue reading →

A Mother Encourages Understanding, Bringing Life and Death Full Circle When Marilyn McEntyre and I talked, I traveled into a rich personal landscape, nurtured and sustained by faith, family, literature, art and nature. I also quickly discovered the guiding North … Continue reading →

Listening for Life’s Subtle Cues In talking with Dale Childs, it was clear that he invests heavily in the art of listening, not in the conventional way of hearing, but rather through his heart. By doing so, he often sees … Continue reading →

Welcoming the Unknown, Discovering a Journey of Living More When I met Linda Clark, a genuine passion for hospice is immediate and her enthusiasm overflows from within. She describes her own journey with Hospice this way, “My hospice volunteer work … Continue reading →

Every month on the Windows Within Project, Hospice Volunteers show us how stories of love surround us daily, not just on Valentines Day. From the hearts of Hospice Volunteers to yours, here are two beautiful quotes on love. … Continue reading →